Got to say that I agree totally with the last two posts.
The first truck that I went out with my dad in was an Albion Reiver 6 wheeler.
Many years later the first artic I drove as my own was a Foden previously driven from new by my dad.
That said, I sincerely hope that the “new” breed of drivers are not quite as stupid as the OP of this thread.
PaulLGV1:
Hi all,Im new here having just joined so hi to all.
Anyway, I have a gripe with my employer. Im an artic driver for a company that has a few depots. Im a tramper and the other day I arrived at the companies main depot having been on duty for around 14 hrs and 10 mins or so. I was away from home so will be on a night out. As I pulled up at the yards gate I had to stop and I then noticed that my units front n/s brake was on fire. The numpty of a yard marshall got the security guard to run over with a powder extinguisher to put out the fire, without my consent.
Ok to the point, my bosses insisted that my cab be taken from me to be sent for repairs overnight so then it would be fixed for me in the morning. They gave me a rigid to sleep in. After the fire to the time I dropped my trailer and got parked up in my cab then pulled my card I was pretty much on 15 hours on duty time. I had to wait another 45 mins or so after I pulled my card before they got a rigid to me.
At first I refused to accept sleeping in someone elses cab and that the repairs should be done in the morning as I had just done a 15 hour shift. Who is in the right about this?
One more question I have, if on a Friday my company cant guarentee that I will be home on the Friday evening and will have to work Saturday to get home, am I well within my rights to refuse to do the job that will put me out of hours so I would be unable to reach home on the Friday?
Thanks for any advice you may give me, Paul.
Here’s some advice,find a new career,you’ll never fit in with your attitude.
Thanks for those replies lads and I agree, I often took my son with me but he wasn’t really interested in the haulage/lorry side of things just liked the ride out and kipping in the spare bunk! My daughter who was two years younger often asked if she could come on trips and I finally agreed, she loved it and after a couple more days out she was folding the sheets and tying dollies with me, wanting to know and have a go at everything, all of twelve years old.
I really feel guilty today, when later reaching Seventeen I taught her to drive and she was all for doing more lessons and the test. I couldn’t afford it at the time and sadly she never did any more and at 36 years old now she still doesn’t drive and wishes she had done it at a younger age.
I’m not sure how we can interest youngsters thesedays to become goods drivers of the future, if wages, conditions and resources improve through the complaints and stances of todays younger drivers then great, but I’m not sure if anyones listening anymore. Cheers Franky.
Franky, nobody has ever listened, I’ve got a copy of TRUCK from August 1975 in front of me, in the driver to truck section at the back the topic is the high prices of MSAs, we were moaning about that nearly 40yrs ago, not a lot has changed, except for the sideburns 